Edward Griffin

Brief Life History of Edward

When Edward Griffin was born in 1862, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Valentine Griffin, was 27 and his mother, Mary Etta Brown, was 24. He lived in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Valentine Griffin
1835–1907
Mary Etta Brown
1838–1917
Emma Griffin
1859–1921
Rosette Griffin
1861–1936
Martin Edgar Griffin
1862–1891
Edward Griffin
1862–
Orilla M Griffin
1864–1893
Adeleco R. Griffin
1864–
Adelia R Griffen
1864–
Ora Griffin
1864–
Mary Griffin
1866–
Elsie Catherine Griffin Johnston
1869–1943
Catherine Griffin
1870–
Clara Griffin
1871–1944
Albert W. Griffin
1876–1947
Charles Griffin
1879–1902
Henry Griffin
1881–1902

Sources (1)

  • Edward Griffin in household of Valentine Griffin, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented

A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Gruffin, Griffin, a pet form of Middle Welsh Gruffudd. In the Welsh border counties this name was introduced directly from Welsh, and in the eastern counties of England by Bretons from France who came over with the Norman conquest.

Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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